TULAROSA, NM—AUGUST 3, 2020— Aisle Runner, a New Mexico-bred 2-year-old gelding by Attila's Storm, was the sale topper in last week's R.D. Hubbard Complete Thoroughbred Dispersal conducted online.

Out of the Bernardini mare Garter, Aisle Runner sold for $91,250. A winner who qualified for the $134,632 Rio Grande Senor Futurity, where he will race in the colors of new owner Ray Willis.

ThoroughbredAuctions.com reported the 54 horses offered in the online dispersal last week all sold for a $1,560,350 gross.

The sale average was $28,895, with a median price of $17,500. According to the online auction company the sale had 246 registered bidders and 100,339 page views at the close of the auction.

Second-highest seller was the leading New Mexico sire Attila's Storm. The 2002 stakes-winning son of Forest Wildcat brought $90,000 from buyer Jimmy Vasquez after staying in extended bidding for over 30 minutes. Attila's Storm is the sire of 22 stakes winners, and will remain in New Mexico, standing at Double LL Farms.

The highest selling broodmare was Garter, a 12-year-old who brought a final bid of $80,250 from Victory Crossing. The half-sister to stakes winners and sires Stravinsky and Moscow Ballet, Garter is the dam of black-type-placed Go for a Stroll, Stormy Day, and Reception, the first of which is an earner of $413,543, and was sold pregnant to Attilla's Storm.

The top yearling was a New Mexico-bred filly by Attila's Storm out of the multiple stakes-placed mare Hang Glide purchased by Doug May of Fort Stockton, Texas, for $62,250. The filly is a full sister to four stakes winners and two stakes-place runners and the earners of over $1 million.

The filly by Attila's Storm out of Hang Glide was the high-priced weanling, with a final bid of $55,250 from B-4 Farms.

A leading Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse owner and breeder who was also involved in racetrack ownership and the formation of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Hubbard died April 29 at the age of 84. He owned Crystal Springs Farm located in Tularosa, New Mexico.

The dispersal was originally scheduled to be held during the Ruidoso New Mexico Bred Sale in August, however Ruidoso opted to move the live auction to the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma.

"We are grateful to Shaun Hubbard for having a vision, and trusting us to sell the fruits of his grandfather's legacy" said ThoroughbredAuctions.com partner Tim Jennings. "We are also fortunate to have a proven platform where people in the Thoroughbred business have a place to market their horses from the safety of their homes. "

Hubbard's Quarter Horses will be dispersed during the three-day Ruidoso Horse Sale in Guthrie, August 27 thru 29. Lazy E Ranch, LLC is the Agent for the consignment.

CLICK HERE for a list of Hubbard's Phase II Dispersal.